FACT CHECK: Arroyo did not say the K to 12 program will be abolished FactsFirstPH
On April 24, Arroyo filedwhich proposes a “K+10+2” program to replace the K to 12 curriculum. In her explanatory note, Arroyo stated that the current program has failed to produce job-ready graduates.
The Pampanga 2nd district Representative wrote: “In a country like the Philippines where the poverty incidence is 18%, there should be an option for the young to graduate from basic education soonest, after four years of high school, so that they can help their parents in their farms or micro-businesses.”
Arroyo’s K+10+2 program covers compulsory kindergarten and 10 years of basic education, with two years of optional post-secondary or pre-university education for those who want to take up professional degree studies such as accounting, engineering, law, and medicine.by the House committee on basic education and culture and the committee on higher and technical education when Congress resumes session in May.
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